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On Saturday, the Port Huron International Silver Stick Tournament shifted from pool play to the single-elimination quarterfinals at McMorran Arena. After four grueling pool play games, eight teams from the PeeWee AAA and Bantam AAA Divisions were awarded with an opportunity to play in the quarterfinals.

That sets up Sunday's semifinal and finals in each division. The Chicago Mission will face Detroit Honeybaked at 8:30 a.m. at McMorran in a PeeWee AAA semifinals. Chicago Fury will face Detroit Compuware in the other semifinal at 8:30 a.m. at Glacier Pointe Ice Complex.

The Bantam AAA games will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the respective sites. The winning PeeWee AAA teams will face off at 2 p.m. and the Bantam AAA winners will follow at 4 p.m.

"This is an awesome tournament and when you put your schedule together you look forward to events like coming to Port Huron for Silver Stick," former Detroit Red Wings forward and current Little Caesars Bantam AAA coach Kris Draper said. "You get a little more excited for some events. We are in the mix here and we are looking forward to the opportunity.

"All of the cliches you talk about in hockey are in play. It's eight really good teams left today and the way the tournament is set up, you just want to survive the round-robin. You can't afford any glitches on your record. That makes it pretty tough but when you are a top team you don't want to rely on anyone. We have had a good tournament and the thing I always tell them is you want to play better every game. A lot of these players have played in a lot of big games since they were 9 years old. We are excited for them."

In one of the best games Saturday, the PeeWee AAA Detroit Honeybaked defeated the Watertown Wolves 10-0, behind three goals from Kirsten Simms. The Chicago Fury held off Little Caesars in another impressive performance. Fury goaltender Jackson Reda was instrumental in the victory, helping his team with 24 saves in the 3-2 win.

"It was a good team effort," Reda said. "Some key shots were blocked. Key pucks were dumped. As a goalie, you have to make some saves but my teammates did a good job of minimizing it."

Win or lose, all of the remaining teams expect to benefit from coming to the tournament.

"Every team is good and the games come down to who executes harder and who has the commitment to sacrifice," New Jersey Colonials Bantam AAA coach Noel Rubin said. "All of the top teams from North America are here. It's a good challenge in the middle of the season and a good litmus test for us."

Contact Joseph Hayes at (810) 989-6268 or at jahayes@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joseph_Hayes11